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Paramilitaries financed by the U.S. and Colombian governments are captured by conventional security forces and members of the Bolivarian Militia. Photo: Twiter.
Corporate Media don't think Americans paid to invade Venezuela Count as mercenaries
Posted May 13, 2020 by Joshua Cho
Originally published: FAIR (May 11, 2020 ) |
Empire, Imperialism, Strategy, TerrorismUnited States, VenezuelaNewswirecoup
When an attempted invasion of Venezuela launched from the shores of Colombia was foiled on May 3, after armed commandos were intercepted at Venezuela's coastline of La Guira, it seemed undeniable that the heavily armed men, possessing satellite phones and uniforms with the U.S. flag emblazoned on them, had been paid to take part in a coup attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government (People's Dispatch, 5/6/20).
In recent reports regarding the Bay of Pigs–style invasion, however, the term "mercenary" was accompanied by scare quotes, as if these men could only be seen that way from the perspective of an Official U.S. EnemyTM (whose perspective is always illegitimate in the eyes of corporate media).
The Hill (5/5/20) is not sure whether an armed force invading Venezuela, led by the head of the "Florida-based security company called Silvercorp USA," can be described as "mercenaries."
Fox News' "Venezuela's Maduro Says Two U.S. 'Mercenaries' Were Captured in Failed Raid Attempt" (5/5/20) described Maduro as the "embattled leader of Venezuela," who said that authorities in Caracas had "captured 13 'terrorists'—including two U.S. citizens—in a failed invasion attempt that he said was no doubt orchestrated by the Trump administration."
The Hill's "Venezuela Says Two U.S. 'Mercenaries' Captured in Raid" (5/5/20) reported that "Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said that two U.S. citizens have been detained as part of a group of 'mercenaries' authorities captured in a raid," and added that
Maduro said during a state television address that 13 "terrorists" were arrested by Venezuelan authorities for allegedly being involved in a plot Maduro claimed was coordinated with Washington to oust him from power.
The New York Times' report (5/5/20) actually mentioned that the two Americans captured, Airan Berry and Luke Denman—who had their names and birthdays, from their ID cards and passports, recited aloud in a state address—were employed by "Silvercorp, a Florida-based security company whose owner has claimed responsibility for the failed incursion on Sunday," which appears to confirm the Venezuelan government's account. The Times cited a video posted on social media by Silvercorp owner Jordan Goudreau, a retired Green Beret, and retired Venezuelan army captain Javier Nieto, claiming that "Operation Gideon" had been "successfully launched 'deep into the heart of Caracas.' They added that other armed cells had been activated throughout the country."
AP (5/5/20) described the American who led the attempt to overthrow Venezuela's government as "a three-time Bronze Star U.S. combat veteran," whereas President Nicolás Maduro describing the foiling of the effort was "self-aggrandizing."
Before the coup attempt, the Associated Press (5/1/20) published a report describing these men as "aspiring freedom fighters," scolding the soldiers-for-hire for "skimpy planning" and "poor training," leaving them unprepared to execute their regime change schemes. The article seemed to take more issue with the fact that it was an unrealistic and poorly planned effort, rather than the fact that trying to overthrow democratically elected governments in Latin America is immoral and illegal.
Subsequent articles (New York, 5/5/20, 5/5/20; Vice, 5/6/20) mocked the botched coup plotters for announcing their plans via Twitter. Perhaps U.S. journalists should be more focused on condemning and investigating these coup attempts, rather than giving advice on how to pull one off better?
The AP's later report (5/5/20) on the failed invasion, "Venezuela: Two U.S. 'Mercenaries' Among Those Nabbed After Raid," which described how Venezuelan authorities "arrested two U.S. citizens among a group of 'mercenaries' on Monday," went on to omit the role of US's genocidal sanctions devastating Venezuela's economy by pinning the blame on Maduro, absurdly painting him as an all-powerful dictator, despite the opposition controlling the Venezuelan legislature (Venezuelanalysis, 1/16/20):
Venezuela has been in a deepening political and economic crisis under Maduro's rule. Crumbling public services such as running water, electricity and medical care have driven nearly 5 million to migrate. But Maduro still controls all levers of power despite a US-led campaign to oust him.
The Wall Street Journal's report (5/6/20) not only put terms like "mercenary incursion" in scare quotes, but also lionized these mercenaries by portraying them as unlikely heroes, out to "arrest Venezuela's authoritarian government and free political prisoners." Whereas BBC's headline "Venezuela Detains Two U.S. Citizens Over Speedboat Incursion" (5/5/20) seemed better suited to describing rich bros wandering into the wrong area, rather than soldiers of fortune caught trying to overthrow a government.
The Washington Post (5/4/20) reported that Maduro claimed that his government "had captured two American 'mercenaries' Monday in a murky operation allegedly intended to infiltrate Venezuela, incite rebellion and apprehend its leaders." But even as it cast doubt on the idea that a mercenary force had tried to overthrow Venezuela's government, the Post seemingly tried to justify such a coup effort by reiterating bogus and hypocritical U.S. accusations against Maduro for being involved with narcoterrorism. The Post inserted—without any critical scrutiny—that "US officials" have "indicted Maduro on narcoterrorism charges, offered a $15 million bounty for information leading to his capture or conviction, and imposed severe sanctions on his government."
FAIR (4/15/20) has documented how the U.S. has long been involved in a War for Drugs and a War of Terror, and how corporate media covered for the U.S. government's threats against Venezuela by laundering numerous evidence-free drug allegations against Official U.S. Enemies (Extra!, 1/90, 9/12; FAIR.org, 9/24/19, 5/24/19).
The Grayzone (8/6/19, 3/27/20) reported how Maduro has survived previous assassination attempts, and documented US-backed opposition figurehead Juan Guaidó's ties to the infamous Los Rastrojos drug cartel. The news site noted that only 7% of total drug movement in South America comes through Venezuela, with the U.S. being the biggest consumer of cocaine, while US-allied Colombia is the biggest producer.
Pino Arlacchi, former executive director of the UN's Office for Drug Control and Prevention, claimed that he never came across evidence of Venezuela's involvement in the drug trade, and observed that Colombia and the U.S. have driven drug production and consumption in his 40 years of anti-narcotic work. Honduras' US-backed President Juan Orlando Hernández has been linked to drug trafficking in U.S. courts and brought about a resurgence of death squads, yet the U.S. has put no Mafia-style bounty on his head.
That the U.S. government and corporate media recite these dubious talking points suggest they're more interested in sabotaging the Bolivarian Revolution and undermining domestic progressive movements (FAIR.org, 2/8/19, 2/20/19) than in any sincere effort to combat narcoterrorism, as the Venezuelan government has a strikingly different political agenda than the right-wing Colombian and Honduran governments aligned with the Trump administration.
The Washington Post (5/3/20) isn't even sure if armed forces coming into your country to overthrow the government can really be called an "invasion."
The Washington Post's earlier "Venezuelan Government Says It Stopped 'Invasion' Launched From Colombia" (5/3/20) couldn't even acknowledge that it was an invasion attempt, putting scare quotes around the term when it wrote, "The government of President Nicolás Maduro said it had thwarted an early morning 'invasion' off its Caribbean coast on Sunday." The Post did this despite explicitly mentioning that Operation Gideon was "an effort to capture senior members of Maduro's government," and citing three anti-Maduro figures familiar with Sunday's coup attempt, including "opposition lawmaker Hernán Alemán," who claimed that the captured men hailed from Colombian training camps filled with Venezuelan military defectors (who were urged to defect by the US) and sought out by former Venezuelan army general-turned-defector Cliver Alcalá.
According to Alemán, the initial plan to invade Venezuela at La Guaira (where the mercenaries were captured) had to be adjusted after weapons shipments were seized by Colombian authorities in March. Omitted by the Post's report (and corporate media coverage more generally) were earlier reports (Grayzone, 3/27/20; People's Dispatch, 3/27/20) of Alcalá confirming the Venezuelan government's account of the March 24 weapons seizure in Colombia being part of regime-change efforts, when he gave interviews and posted on social media revealing plans concocted with U.S. government advisers and Guaidó to assassinate Maduro. Alcalá's testimony seems to be corroborated by the fact that the weapons in March were headed towards Robert Colina Ibarra, alias "Pantera," who was one of the men killed in Sunday's coup attempt (Telesur, 3/26/20, 5/3/20).
Although corporate media reports of the coup attempt frequently cited denials by U.S. officials and Guaidó of any involvement with the La Guaira invasion, testimonies by Silvercorp's Jordan Goudreau and Luke Denman—as well as photos of Guaidó's signature on a general services contract, offering payment for their services—seem to contradict at least Guaidó's claims.
It is also unclear how the US-backed Guaidó could hope to come up with the minimum of $212.9 million agreed upon in Silvercorp's contract unless he anticipated the financial support of the U.S. (which bankrolls him to a generous degree)—though the fact that he ultimately reneged on his financial promises to Silvercorp raises the possibility that his Washington paymasters might have been unimpressed with the coup plan's prospects.
At Grayzone (5/10/20), FAIR contributor Alan MacLeod reported that Silvercorp's contract also authorized the killing of anyone the mercenaries considered to be "armed and violent colectivos." The term colectivo is a dehumanizing catch-all term used by certain sectors of the Venezuelan elites to apply to any working-class person, and appears to instruct these mercenaries to convert into death squads under Guaidó's command after fulfilling their mission, in order to kill opposition to a successful coup. This bolsters the Maduro government's case for regarding the mercenaries as potential terrorists as well.
While there is no definitive evidence that the U.S. was behind the coup attempt, the Trump administration has never made its consideration of a "military option" to enact regime change in Venezuela a secret. And the March weapons seizures coincided with the administration's explicit declarations of a "maximum-pressure March," and the announcement of a "Monroe Doctrine 2.0," as the U.S. stepped up its illegal, genocidal sanctions on Venezuela, and military buildup in Latin America under the pretext of fighting foreign threats (Grayzone, 3/17/20, 3/30/20; FAIR.org, 3/25/20).
Journalists should not be too quick to discount the possibility of U.S. involvement, because the U.S. has a history of exploiting a loophole in international law banning the use of mercenaries that allows the use of "private military security contractors" as soldiers-for-hire under a different name. These serve to provide plausible deniability for war crimes and evade accountability. The UN has noted that the increasing use of contractors in U.S. wars clearly amounts to mercenary activity by another name. It's hard to believe that U.S. officials didn't anticipate that mercenaries would to attempt to kidnap or assassinate Venezuelan government officials, as a U.S. hit list incentivizes people to collect millions in bounty money. Recent reports indicate that Silvercorp was trying to obtain the Trump administration's bounty.
FAIR (5/1/19, 11/26/19) has documented how corporate media have been advocating for a coup in Venezuela on behalf of the U.S. government, and whatever the case may be regarding official U.S. involvement, it's clear that the men behind the La Guaira invasion aren't described as mercenaries because the U.S. government and media alike favor regime change in Venezuela.
About Joshua Cho
Joshua Cho is a writer based in New York City.
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Robert Carl Johnson, 86, of Chantilly, Virginia, died September 7, 2018.
Mr. Johnson was born September 4, 1932, in Jenkins, Kentucky. He enlisted in the Army September 1948. He was discharged in 1952. He then re-enlisted in August 1954. He was assigned to the Army Security Agency (ASA). Robert attended school at Arlington Hall Station in Arlington, VA for the NSA. He was transferred to Camp Oji, Japan, then Linkou, Taiwan. He was discharged in May 1957. Robert went on to work for the NSA at Fort Meade in Maryland, then transferred to the ASA at Arlington Hall Station. He remained there until he retired in June 1989.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Micki Whitaker Johnson; children, Robert Michael, twins - Karen Marie and David Scott; and 9 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father, Carl; mother, Daisy Conley; sister, Claydene; brother, Billy Wayne.
He will be laid to rest at Culpeper National Cemetery in Culpeper, VA, Tuesday, September 11, 2018.


Three lanes of eastbound U.S. 50 through Sacramento have been re-opened as part of the FIX 50 project. But, access to and from the freeway has been restricted. The changes to the construction project affected traffic in different parts of the city.
Traffic through the Fix 50 site was dramatically improved today as a two-lane bottleneck from the previous stage was replaced with three lanes all the way through the project.
But, X Street and the offramp to 34th Street both had longer delays than usual. Sara Varghese (var gess) was driving to Reno and was caught off guard by the closure of the southbound 99 and eastbound Cap City Freeway connectors.
"Oy, oh my god, I'm frustrated," says Varghese.
Regina Fincher, took X Street to work.
"Oh Gosh it's awful," says Fincher. "You know what, it usually takes me maybe about 30 minutes to get to Rancho, but this is incredible."
Drivers should plan for increased traffic on all roadways south of U.S. 50 Saturday evening. Twenty thousand soccer fans make their way to the Republic FC game at Sacramento City College.
Dennis Keaton with Caltrans says traffic was backed up on Highway 99 last weekend.
"Now those fans won't have the actual southbound exit to use off of eastbound 50."
Even though construction is a week ahead of schedule, Caltrans says the dates for work on the westbound sections of the freeway will stay the same.
CapRadio's Bob Moffit has been keeping an eye on traffic all morning long. He's at 18th and X streets.
Steve Milne: How does traffic look right now?
Bob Moffitt: It's moving OK on the freeway. It's better than last week. No stop and go to speak of, just slow. Then on X Street it is stop and go because at 18th and X, there's a stop light and they keep turning it on so people have to stop. I talked to one lady and she said it's probably going to take her 15 extra minutes from the west side of Sacramento to Rancho Cordova. All in all, so far, what we've seen is a pretty good commute all things considered.
Milne: The people you've been talking to, they know the changes today?
Moffitt: They knew about the changes today for the most part. Although one lady was trying to get from the Bay Area to Reno and she had no idea what she was getting into. So I gave her directions off 34th Street to get to the freeway. But most people what was going on. They knew what they're going to have to deal with today. And they're happy that it's taking place a week than had been expected.
Steve Milne: Bob, remind us what the closures are and how's traffic now?
Bob Moffitt: Well, the onramps are closed to eastbound 50 from Sacramento and also the connectors to southbound 99 and eastbound Cap City freeway are also closed. What happened is, overnight, the righthand lanes were closed off and the lefthand lanes were opened, which means you have a straight shot of three lanes all the way through and the traffic really has improved dramatically this morning compared to what we've seen in the last week. Typically traffic is backed up to Jefferson to at least I-5, slow and go all the way. It is now moving 35 to 45 mph through the construction zone. A real marked improvement. People are also taking other surface streets and other routes to where they need to go. And it doesn't hurt that it's bike month.
Milne: So drivers should be prepared to take detours?
Moffitt: Absolutely. I-5 seeing a little bit of action today. A lot of people are just going through the construction zone and then taking 34th Street, which then you have to make a right, a left and a right and a left and right to get back to 99 or 50. But people are just figuring out different ways going over the top of town, going through town. It seems everyone is just spread out ...this morning is probably the best traffic that I've seen since the Fix 50 started.
Moffitt: They did get the word. A lot of the signs still hadn't changed yesterday. But they got it up ahead of schedule...people really, even if they weren't prepared just not having that bottleneck at 16th Street where it turned to two lanes, that's helped immeasurably.
6 A.M. If your commute this morning includes Highway 50 in the Downtown Sacramento area, there are some new eastbound closures starting Friday that you'll want to be aware.
It's part of the massive Fix 50 construction project. CapRadio's Bob Moffitt is monitoring the project and the traffic associated with it. He will give live reports from 34th Street and Highway 50.
There will be new closures during the second phase, including the 11th and 16th street on-ramps and the eastbound U.S. Highway 50 connectors to southbound Highway 99 and eastbound Business 80. Detours are in place.
The second phase of eastbound work is expected to take about 15 days.
Dennis Keaton with Cal-Trans says commuters should be prepared for backups, even though there haven't been lots of massive traffic jams related to the project so far.
"It seems like everything wasn't as bad, by all accounts except for maybe one or two days, the way we've been telling people and the public may have that false sense of security and we just don't want that to kind of take over," says Keaton.
Caltrans' Fix 50 Project -- which is shutting down lanes on eastbound U.S. Highway 50 -- is officially under way. Plan your commute using these recommended alternate routes.


Skin tags can be an irritating part of your body. Fortunately, these tags on your skin can be treated at home so they can be removed without the use of chemically-based treatments or going to the doctor's office when you have an irritating or painful tag somewhere on your body. Essential oils are an effective treatment for tags found anywhere on your skin and can be easily used at home. Since I struggle with these tags myself, I wanted to share my experiences with using these oils as a natural remedy. When you have tags on your skin, there are a number of oils that can be used to treat them naturally.
As someone who struggles with tags on my skin, I have a lot of experience using different oils to treat these tags at home. Since tags on the skin can be common, I wanted an effective, natural treatment for them that didn't involve chemically-based solutions and going to the doctor every time I found a tag on my body that needed to be removed. Using oils offers me that type of solution.
In my experience, all of the different oils have been useful, but some have been more effective than others. For example, the lavender oil was slower-acting than the tea tree oil for removing tags on the skin of approximately the same size. Finding the right oils that worked with my skin took a little trial and error.
After I found essential oils that worked for me, I began experimenting with mixing different oils in one solution. This gave me the advantage of the multiple beneficial properties of the oils and finding a scent in the oil mixtures that I liked having on my skin every day. I was also able to mix some of the slower-acting blends with more quickly-acting oils to be more effective at dissolving the tags on my skin.
Since many of the oils have multiple uses, it's beneficial to create a mixture that I can use on my tags that also has other benefits. Lavender oil mixed with water can be an effective room freshener as well as working on tags on the skin. The multiple uses of oils make me feel like I'm getting a lot of value from the oils and their uses in my life.
I plan to continue using oils to treat the tags on my skin at home for as long as they work for me. Since these oils have so many uses, I recommend that they are used for as much as possible, contributing to your overall health and wellness through the use of these natural products. With the proper use of the oils, you'll be surprised at how quickly you get the results you want!
Even though tags on the skin can be treated effectively at home, there are a few precautions you should be aware of before you start applying your essential oil mixtures.
Typically, tags found on the skin are harmless. They are usually only removed by physicians if they are irritating to the patient.
Even though tags on the body are usually harmless, it's important to monitor your skin health by a dermatologist regularly, which should include an examination of any tags you have found.
Do not cut off or pull of tags or other skin blemishes on your own. This can cause pain and damage to the skin. Instead, they should be treated so they can fall off naturally.
Many oils are potent. Be sure to mix your oils with a carrier oil, such as castor or coconut oil, before applying it to the tag on your skin.
When using oils to treat tags on the skin, pay attention to the reaction of your skin to the oils. Some people are sensitive to certain types of oils. If you have a reaction, you should remove the oil immediately.
Did you enjoy this list of oils that can be used to treat skin tags at home? As you can see from my own experiences, I've had a lot of success. By sharing these experiences, I hope you can get at-home treatment for the tags on your skin and avoid chemically-based treatments or expensive doctors' visits to find relief.
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Published: 20:30 PM ET October 22, 2020
Our experts at Pickswise select their best Korean Baseball picks for October 23rd to help you find the best value. Whether you're looking for a single Moneyline pick or a KBO parlay for Friday's action, we've got you covered. Please gamble responsibly when following our Korean Baseball predictions and picks.
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Here are the KBO betting odds for Friday, October 23rd courtesy of FanDuel sportsbook.
Kiwoom Heroes (-102) @ Doosan Bears (-120)
LG Twins (-310) @ Kia Tigers (+240)
Lotte Giants (-300) @ SK Wyverns (+230)
NC Dinos (-340) @ Hanwha Eagles (+260)
KBO picks and predictions
Friday's four-game slate will feature some lopsided matchups that offer value. Let's dive into the day's best bets.
Doosan Bears/Kiwoom Heroes Under 9.5 Runs (-132)
Starting this game for the Bears will be Won-joon Choi. He is 10-1 on the season and has an ERA of 3.80. He has allowed 11 runs over his last 25.1 innings and has looked decent to say the least. Not counting his relief appearance against the Heroes, but in his two starts against them, he allowed just three runs over a span of 10.2 innings.
The Heroes will be countering with Jake Brigham, who is 9-5 with an ERA of 3.57 this season. He has looked better recently, allowing just eight runs over his last 28.0 innings. Brigham actually only has one start against the Bears all season and it just so happens that they were his last opponent. He pitched 6.0 innings against them an allowed just one run.
Lotte Giants -2.5 Run Line (-106)
We will be looking to back a blowout win by the Giants as they are starting Dan Straily. He is 14-4 on the season and has an ERA of 2.58. His last six starts have seen him allow a combined eight runs over 40.0 innings. His record against the Wyverns is 2-0 and he has an ERA of 1.29 against them as well.The Wyverns will start Geon-wook Lee. His overall record is 6-11 and he has an ERA of 5.67. Pretty much the only thing Lee has working for him is his ability to pitch against the Giants. Against the Giants, he is 1-0 with an ERA of 0.84. However, his last six starts overall have resulted in a record of 0-5 with an ERA of 8.54.
LG Twins -2.5 Run Line (-120)
Casey Kelly will get the ball for the LG Twins and we will look for him to completely shut down this Kia team. Kelly is 14-7 on the year and has an ERA of 3.23. Against the Tigers, he is 3-0 with an ERA of 0.95. Over his last eight starts, Kelly has allowed just nine runs over 53.0 innings, so it is safe to say he is pitching at his best right now.
The Tigers will be countering with Ki-hoon Kim. He is 0-3 on the season with an ERA of 5.63. His lone start against the Twins saw him allow four runs over just 3.0 innings. As a starter, Kim has allowed 17 runs over a span of 23.1 innings. That gives him an ERA of 6.56.
Because of the difference in pitching, I will be backing the Twins to win this game in a blowout.
For those of you looking for bigger payouts, play the best bets as a three-team parlay, which pays +526.
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KBO Analysis
KBO baseball: Picks, predictions and best bets for Saturday, 10/8 - Kiwoom hopes to secure 3rd place
KBO baseball: Picks, predictions and best bets for Friday, 10/7 - The Dinos keep pace for a playoff spot
KBO baseball: Picks, predictions and best bets for Thursday, 10/6 - The SSG Landers aim to secure the top seed
KBO baseball: Picks, predictions and best bets for Wednesday, 10/5 - Young-Pyo and Buchanan keep runs off the board

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Has Anyone Asked For AI-Heros In Arcade?
Would it be possible or is it a lot of work to program AIs to play as heros?
In the original Battlefront 1, heros only made an appearance as AI controlled allies in certain game modes.
So yes it's fully possible to do so in this game considering the improvements that we are at currently.
The hero AI in the original BF2 just used regular attacks. I would prefer some abilities to be used; however, if we got hero AI like the original games it would still be awesome.
Please mention this in the Arcade Community Transmission, Thank you.
And we eagerly await info regarding it from the devs.
Have the devs responded to the request recently on any social media sites?
I did unfortunately no answer.
Even if they don't add AI hero's, the AI in general need some serious work. They are worthless, all they do is walk and shoot. If you noticed in changing the difficulty, they don't actually act different, they just do more damage. Typical lazy game development.
We need to be able to play Star Wars with and against the iconic heroes that we grew up with. The trailer set it up as if you would be able to fight against Darth Maul ,or Yoda, or any of the others! But it turns out (even a year later) that you HAVE to be online to get those kind of perks. Please make the playing field even by offering an offline Heroes VS Villains Mode like the old battlefront 2 with at least 15 characters on each side (If we get that many by the end of the game.) Offline is way better in battlefront 2 than it was in the first game you produced( other than the fact we still don't have any large scale game modes). We need this and so do you.
They said something about this before, although I did not take a screenshot (It was a couple of months back, though so things could have changed since then.) They had trouble with certain Hero AI using abilities at the wrong times, I.E. Boba using the jetpack to cross a gap in order to reach an objective, but the gap was too large and he always ran out of fuel. Or with Rey or Han using their dash ability, they would charge off the edge of some maps when another AI would dodge out of the way or they would have targeting issues, etc. I'm sure it could be implemented with more time focused on it, but until they deem it enough of a priority to have a dedicated group of developers sit around and try to work out the problems it probably won't happen, at least without changing abilities or implementing severe restrictions on those abilities to the point where it could hamper or affect the feel or immersion of the game. Ultimately it comes down to development priority, and as much fun as it would be to see it added into Arcade, there are areas of the game which need more focus at the current time.
Many who desire hero AI (including myself) would be fine if the AI didn't use those abilities. Personally, I think the only one of the abilities you listed that would affect immersion if it was absent is Boba's jet pack.
When they said that they were having trouble, they also said they were working on it.
Dennis has said they are still working on the large mode fro Arcade; hopefully, this has hero AI.
I can't stand being taken out by elite players hero ai would greatly help for enjoying the game offline.
I support the idea of epics in Arcade. But this is an older thread and hence will be closed soon.
Playing against elites can be frustrating. Hero AI would help me enjoy this game better offline because I would love to be able to split screen something like HvV or Hero Shodown for years after the servers shut down.
What do you mean by epics?
There were some people asking for it in the reddit Arcade focused feedback.
Dennis said they aren't doing a direct port of GA but are working on a large scale mode. Some (including myself) think it could be Conquest. Dome think it is large scale TDM. Either one would be better with hero AI.
I haven't yet, but it's something I think they should have included with the game. However, I'd be a bit worried that introducing AI heroes to the game would create a host of new bugs.
If the hero AI introduced some smaller bugs, personally, I would be patient with them while I enjoyed the hero AI. If the bugs rendered Arcade unplayable (like Jabba's Palace is now) that would be a problem.
Yes, thought of it yesterday. And it would be nice since there aren't any coop arcade or split-screen arcade.
Yes. I don't care if they aren't as good as having players controlling them. It would still be awesome to have.
The hero AI from the 2005 game would be just fine.
It would be cool to have to ability to adjust the health of the hero AI if we get it.
Somebody knows if they're still working on it ?
This is the very question I want to see get answered. An update on hero AI from the devs would be awesome.
What are your thoughts on how they could implement hero AI?
I asked again about hero ai for arcade but nothing sadly.
Well Ben did mention they were making positive progress so I assume that means the A.I. aspect of it as well, I hope.
What was Ben referring to when he said positive progress?
Now that Heroes/ villains is mostly dominated by pack hunting trolls, matches aren't balanced or fun anymore. I would actually enjoy a nice single player experience with decent AI bots.
But honestly, I'm getting ready to retire Battlefront 2 and I'm getting excited about the new single player game, Fallen Order.
I personally will not retire SWBF 2 and would love to have a split screen co-op experience with hero AI for years to come.
If iD could do it for Quake 3 back in 1999 then Dice can find a way to do it today. It would just take a bit of effort. Once the game loses it's support arcade is all that's left. They NEED to give it some work.
You are right. Lets hope the devs will do this.
I just love the heroes banter this with ai heroes would be fantastic. They don't have to be perfect.
This would be fun to practice your heroes against other heroes and if nobody has asked for this yet, I'm asking for it now. Would it be possible or is it a lot of work to program AIs to play as heros?
I would love this idea! But I do think it'd need to be era specific. As an example.. If you're on Yavin IV, controlling Vader or the Emperor, and facing Rebels. You wouldn't wanna be going up against someone like Finn or Rey. Y'know, just make it era specific. So, it keeps the authenticity correct, along with the immersion.
But yes, I like this idea VERY much! Would be awesome to actually encounter a hero or villain and duel with them, while the troopers are off elsewhere, fighting.
I think the best way to deal with AI hero selection would be to have a screen where you can select which heroes the AI can select from. It would be also be cool if we could save our options for future use.


For 60 years, Fort Knox was the home of the U.S. Army Armor Center and the U.S. Army Armor School (which is now in Gawja @ Fort Benning), and was used by both the Army and the Marine Corps to train crews on the M1 Abrams main battle tank (the tank in the t-shirt graphic).
For anyone that grew up 'round central KY in the '50s and '60s, you probably remember Ft. Knox as a beehive of activity. Many of our parents worked there and it was always a joy to ride through the base and get a glimpse of the gold depository.
Whether you're a wanna be tank commander or just someone who did their basic training at Fort Knox, pick up one of these and enjoy the rat-a-tat-tat.


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Ferreira és un municipi de la província de Granada, amb una superfície de 43,14 km², una població de 333 habitants (2004) i una densitat de població de 7,72 hab/km².

Referències

Enllaços externs

 http://www.ferreira.es/
 http://www.turgranada.es/municipios/municipio.php?id_municipio=70

Municipis de Guadix

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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California Southern District Adan v. Insight Investigations, Inc. et al Filing 20
Adan v. Insight Investigations, Inc. et al
ORDER Granting 15 Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint. Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint within five days of the Court's order. The hearing date set for April 28, 2017 shall be vacated. Signed by Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel on 4/18/17. (dlg)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AHMED S. ADAN, an individual, 11 12 13 14 v. Plaintiff, INSIGHT INVESTIGATION, INC. A California corporation; and DOES 110, inclusive, CASE NO. 16cv2807-GPC(WVG) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT [Dkt. No. 15.] Defendant. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for leave to file an amended complaint. (Dkt. No. 15.) An opposition and reply were filed. (Dkt. Nos. 17, 19.) After a review of the briefs, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's motion for leave to file an amended complaint. Background On November 15, 2016, the case was removed from state court. (Dkt. No. 1.) According to the complaint, on February 20, 2015, Plaintiff Ahmed Adan ("Plaintiff") received a written offer of employment as a "Call Center Fit Expert" with Road Runner Sports ("RRS"). (Dkt. No. 1-2, Compl. ¶ 14.) On the same day, RRS requested an employment background check report from Defendant Insight Investigations, Inc. ("Defendant"). (Id. ¶ 15.) Part of the background check involved a criminal history report. (Id. ¶ 17.) The criminal history report for Plaintiff disclosed a criminal history of an individual who did not share the same middle name as Plaintiff. (Id. ¶ 21.) -1- [16cv2807-GPC(WVG)] 1 Despite the discrepancy in the middle initials, Defendant disclosed the criminal history 2 report of the other named person on Plaintiff's employment background check report 3 which was sold to RRS. (Id. ¶ 23.) Plaintiff was informed he could not be hired 4 because of the criminal history information. (Id. ¶ 24.) Plaintiff immediately disputed 5 the information with Defendant but Defendant failed to comply with certain provisions 6 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"). He alleges that Defendant failed to utilize 7 reasonable procedures to ensure the maximum possible accuracy of information on 8 Plaintiff's background check report required by 15 U.S.C. § 1681e(b), failed to use 9 strict procedures to ensure that the reported public records information for employment 10 purposes was complete and up to date as mandated by 15 U.S.C. § 1681k(a)(2), and 11 failed to disclose to Plaintiff a true copy of the original report upon request as required 12 by 15 U.S.C. § 1681g(a). (Id.) 13 On February 22, 2017, a scheduling order was filed by the Magistrate Judge 14 setting a deadline of March 24, 2017 as the date to file any motion to amend the 15 pleadings. (Dkt. No. 12.) On March 24, 2017, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file 16 an amended complaint. (Dkt. No. 15.) Plaintiff seeks to add a cause of action that 17 Defendant failed to provide Plaintiff a written notice of reinvestigation required under 18 15 U.S.C. § 1681i(a)(6). Defendant opposes the motion arguing there was undue delay 19 in bringing the motion and the motion is being brought in bad faith. 20 A. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 21 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure ("Rule") 15(a), leave to amend a 22 complaint after a responsive pleading has been filed may be allowed by leave of the 23 court and "shall freely be given when justice so requires." Foman v. Davis, 24 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962); Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Granting leave to amend rests in the 25 sound discretion of the trial court. Internat'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace 26 Workers v. Republic Airlines, 761 F.2d 1386, 1390 (9th Cir. 1985). This discretion 27 must be guided by the strong federal policy favoring the disposition of cases on the 28 merits and permitting amendments with "extreme liberality." DCD Programs Ltd. v. -2- [16cv2807-GPC(WVG)] 1 Leighton, 833 F.2d 183, 186 (9th Cir. 1987). 2 Because Rule15(a) favors a liberal policy, the nonmoving party bears the burden 3 of demonstrating why leave to amend should not be granted. Genentech, Inc. v. Abbott 4 Labs., 127 F.R.D. 529, 530-31 (N.D. Cal. 1989). In assessing the propriety of an 5 amendment, courts consider several factors: (1) undue delay, (2) bad faith or dilatory 6 motive; (3) repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously permitted; 7 (4) prejudice to the opposing party; and (5) futility of amendment. Foman, 371 U.S. at 8 182; United States v. Corinthian Colleges, 655 F.3d 984, 995 (9th Cir. 2011). These 9 factors are not equally weighted; the possibility of delay alone, for instance, cannot 10 justify denial of leave to amend, DCD Programs, 833 F.2d at 186, but when combined 11 with a showing of prejudice, bad faith, or futility of amendment, leave to amend will 12 likely be denied. Bowles v. Reade, 198 F.3d 752, 758 (9th Cir. 1999). The single most 13 important factor is whether prejudice would result to the non-movant as a consequence 14 of the amendment. William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. v. ITT Continental Baking Co., 15 668 F.2d 1014, 1053 (9th Cir. 1981). 16 Defendant argues there was undue delay in seeking the amendment as Plaintiff 17 waited six months after the original complaint was filed, after the initial disclosures 18 were exchanged, after the ENE was held and after the court's scheduling order was 19 filed, to file a motion for leave to amend the complaint. According to Defendant, 20 Plaintiff's failure to explain the delay is fatal to his motion. Next, Defendant contends 21 that Plaintiff is bringing his motion in bad faith as Plaintiff was expressly notified and 22 aware of Defendant's reinvestigation of the report and Plaintiff misunderstood 23 Defendant's directions after Plaintiff disputed the information. Plaintiff replies that 24 there has been minimal delay in seeking the amendment and there is a factual issue as 25 to whether Plaintiff was aware of Defendant's reinvestigation of the report and whether 26 Plaintiff misunderstood Defendant's directions. 27 As to undue delay, the Court looks at whether the moving party unduly delayed 28 in filing their motion. Jackson v. Bank of Hawaii, 902 F.2d 1385, 1388 (9th Cir. 1990). -3- [16cv2807-GPC(WVG)] 1 In making such a determination, the court looks at "whether the moving knew or 2 should have known the facts and theories raised by the amendment in the original 3 pleading." Id. 4 It is not clear when Plaintiff learned of the facts to support the proposed fourth 5 cause of action; nonetheless, Plaintiff timely raised a motion for leave to amend 6 complaint according to the court's scheduling order. While the proposed fourth cause 7 of action may not have been raised until six months after the filing of the complaint, 8 the case is still in its early stages that undue delay cannot be shown from the filing of 9 Plaintiff's motion. See Zoe Mktg., Inc. v. Impressions, LLC, 14cv1881 AJB(WVG), 10 2015 WL 12216340, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 9, 2015) ("undue delay will not result from 11 granting Defendant leave to amend given that the case remains in the early stages of 12 discovery."). Moreover, even if Defendant could establish undue delay, "delay alone 13 . . . cannot justify denial of leave to amend," DCD Programs, 833 F.2d at 186. Since 14 Defendant has not demonstrated any of the other factors to oppose the motion, undue 15 delay does not warrant denial of the motion. See Bowles, 198 F.3d at 758. The Court 16 concludes that Plaintiff did not unduly delay in bringing the present motion. 17 There can be bad faith in bringing an amendment if the party seeks to prolong 18 meritless litigation by adding baseless amendments to their complaint or if there is any 19 evidence of wrongful motive. Jones v. Bates, 127 F.3d 839, 847 n. 8 (9th Cir. 1997); 20 Griggs v. Pace American Group, Inc., 170 F.3d 877, 881 (9th Cir. 1999); DCD 21 Programs. Ltd., 833 F.2d at 187. Here, Defendant's argument that Plaintiff "was 22 expressly notified and well aware of Defendant's reinvestigation of the report" and that 23 Plaintiff misunderstood Defendant's directions after he disputed the information, 24 present factual disputes and do not demonstrate wrongful motive or that Plaintiff is 25 seeking to prolong meritless litigation. Accordingly, Defendant has not demonstrated 26 that the motion is being brought in bad faith. 27 In sum, Defendant has not demonstratedthat leave to amend should not be 28 granted. See Genentech, 127 F.R.D. at 530-31. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS -4- [16cv2807-GPC(WVG)] 1 Plaintiff's motion for leave to file an amended complaint. 2 3 Conclusion Based on the above, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's motion for leave to file an 4 amended complaint. Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint within five (5) days of 5 the Court's order. The hearing date set for April 28, 2017 shall be vacated. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 8 DATED: April 18, 2017 9 10 HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL United States District Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -5- [16cv2807-GPC(WVG)]


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Strada statale 72 di San Marino (SS 72) is a motorway that connects the province of Rimini and connects the provincial capital with the Republic of San Marino. The current road, built after the World War II, is 10,600 km long and has a typically flat layout. It consists of two lanes in each direction of travel and replaces the old state road 72. The road begins on the outskirts of Rimini and ends at the Dogana state border. In San Marino, it continues as the San Marino Highway.

History
Strada statale 72 was established in 1928 with the following route: "Rimini - San Marino border."

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Transitioning from CE to UKCA - what do FMCG manufacturers need to know?
UK consumers have become well-accustomed over the years to the CE (or 'Conformité Européenne') mark being displayed on a wide variety of manufactured goods, from medical devices to children's toys.
However, from 1 January 2021, following the end of the transition period for the UK's exit from the EU, the UK Conformity Assessed (or UKCA) mark will be introduced for manufactured goods placed on the market in Great Britain, replacing the current CE marking regime. Like the CE mark, the UKCA mark will confirm that the product meets certain health, safety and environmental regulations and standards.
In most cases, businesses will benefit from a yearlong grace period to adjust to this new regime. The essential requirements, the process for conformity assessment and the standards for conformity assessment of the new UKCA regime will, at least initially, be largely the same as the CE marking regime.
There will be a separate regime for Northern Ireland, the guidance for which can be found here.
Which goods need to be UKCA marked?
Most goods that previously required a CE mark will now require a UKCA mark. The UKCA mark will only be required for those goods that are being placed on the market in Great Britain i.e. England, Wales or Scotland.
How long do I have to change my product markings and labels?
The UK Government is encouraging manufacturers to use UKCA marking as soon as possible after 1 January 2021. However there is a one year transition period for most products during which you can continue to use the CE mark. This is subject to a few exceptions [1], and there are specific rules for some specific products, such as medical devices.
After 31 December 2021, the CE mark will no longer be recognised in Great Britain and all products placed on the GB market will need to bear the UKCA mark.
What happens to existing stock?
If your product was fully manufactured, conformity marked and ready to place on the market before 1 January 2021, you can continue to place it on the GB market with a CE marking until 31 December 2021.
In what other circumstances can I continue to use the CE mark after 1 January 2021?
You must be able to satisfy the following criteria to continue using the CE mark until 31 December 2021:
You currently apply the CE marking to your goods on the basis of self-declaration
Any mandatory third-party conformity assessment was carried out by an EU-recognised notified body (including a body in a country with which the EU has a relevant mutual recognition agreement)
The certificate of conformity previously held by a UK approved body has been transferred to an EU-recognised notified body
In addition, you can only continue to use the CE mark as long as the UK and EU requirements remain the same. The government guidance says that there are no UK plans to diverge at this time, but if there are any changes in the EU rules before 1 January 2022, you may need to make the transition to UKCA marking sooner.
Can I use the UKCA mark to place goods on the market in the EU?
No, the UKCA mark will not be recognised within the EU which means that if you want to sell goods in the EU, they must continue to bear the CE mark. However, goods can carry both the CE and UKCA markings as long as they are fully compliant with both UK and EU regulations.
The UKCA mark will also not be recognised in Northern Ireland. To find out more about placing goods on the market in Northern Ireland from Great Britain from 1 January 2021, see the Office for Product Safety and Standard's guidance here.
What does this mean for UK retailers?
In the post-Brexit era, UK retailers are likely to be under the same obligations in relation to product markings as they are currently, such as verifying that the goods they are placing on the market bear the necessary UKCA marking (and/or CE marking up to 31 December 2021), ceasing selling products if it is suspected that the requirements of the regulations have not been met, and notifying specified parties if that is the case.
In addition, draft legislation has been proposed for certain safety regulations providing that CE-marked goods placed on the GB market up to 31 December 2021 may continue to be made available following that date, suggesting that as long as CE-marked goods are lawfully first placed on the GB market before 31 December 2021, they can continue to be sold through at retail level after this date. This legislation is yet to be enacted, and we expect that the government will publish further guidance on this point in the future.
Where can I find further guidance about the UKCA mark?
You can find the government's guidance on UKCA marking here.
[1] You will need to use the new UKCA marking immediately after 1 January 2021 if all of the following apply. Your product:
is covered by legislation which requires the UKCA marking
requires mandatory third-party conformity assessment
conformity assessment has been carried out by a UK conformity assessment body and you haven't transferred your conformity assessment files from your UK body to an EU recognised body before 1 January 2021.
Please note that this does not apply to existing stock, as outlined above.
If you have any specific queries or concerns please feel free to contact Duncan Reed, Partner, or Richard Collie, Associate, in TLT's Regulatory team to discuss.
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Welcome Back Welcome back to school following our half term break. We have got an exciting half term to look forward to. Please remember to check the calendar on our website for a reminder of all of the things we have planned. You can access the calendar by clicking here.
Parents Evening We are looking forward to meeting with you at the first Parent/Teacher Consultation Meeting of the school year on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th November.
Children in Need We will be celebrating Children in Need on Friday 16th November. Children are allowed to come into school in non-uniform to raise money for Children in Need. This year's theme is "Do Your Thing" so children can come in clothing which represents their "thing" e.g. football kit, dance wear or any other non-uniform. An optional family donation of 50p or more would be great to help us raise some money for this great cause.
Remembrance Day We have some stick on poppies available in the school reception area from The Royal British Legion. Children can donate some money and take a poppy to wear.
sQuid Dinner Money If you have a child in Years 3, 4, 5 or 6 and they have hot school meals at lunchtimes please ensure that there are always sufficient funds in your sQuid account. The cost of a school meal is £2.29 per day / £11.45 per week. If your child has a school dinner every day, please ensure that there is at least £11.45 in your account by 9am on a Monday morning.
Late Arrivals This half term we are going to be extra vigilant with regards to children being late to school. Periodically, either myself or a member of the Leadership Team will be at one of the school gates or at the main front door to monitor late arrivals. Please help us to start the school day well by your child getting to school on time.
School starts at 8.50 a.m. and the gates close promptly just after this. Late arrivals must go to the front of school and speak to a member of the office team. If your child is only late occasionally then there is nothing to worry about - I would rather have your child arrive late safely than not at all. We are aware however, that several children are late regularly and we want to help promote good attendance so if you are having difficulties please do come in and speak to us so we may assist you in getting your child to school on time.
Parent Governor Elections Round Hill governing body has three vacancies for parent governors and is looking for parents who have children at the school. Please look out for a letter that will be coming home with your child towards the end of November giving full details of what a parent governor role entails and how you can apply.
Harvest Festival Collection Thank You Thank you for your contributions to the harvest display. The Charity Hope asked me to pass on their thanks.
Writing Challenge In the Bulletin on 3rd October we highlighted that in line with our plans for continued school improvement we would be focussing this year on writing. I am pleased to report that the differences we have made have had an immediate impact. The children's work across school has improved and feedback from the children has been really positive.


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Amended captive-deer bill would prohibit drugged hunts
Ryan Sabalow
ryan.sabalow@indystar.com
Owners of Indiana's fenced hunting preserves would be forbidden from selling a deer for a hunt within 24 hours of it being sedated, and only animals born and raised on Indiana deer farms could be hunted.
So read two new additions to a bill that would set regulations for captive-deer hunting in Indiana. The bill passed the Indiana Senate's Natural Resources Committee on a 6-3 vote Monday.
The bill's agricultural and business boosters, including representatives for Indiana's nearly 400 deer farms, touted new changes to House Bill 1453 as a way to satisfy critics who worry that interstate shipments in trophy deer could spread disease to Indiana.
Critics also argue that one Indiana preserve owner already has been accused of illegally drugging his trophies.
"I think this bill does a really nice job addressing those concerns," said Rep. Sean Eberhart, R-Shelbyville, the bill's primary sponsor in the House.
However, opponents of captive-deer hunting testified Monday that they would accept no compromises.
To them, high-fence hunting is appalling and should be illegal in Indiana. Opponents that included wildlife advocates, animal-rights activists, environmentalists and hunter associations testified that the bill opens the door for what they call "canned hunting" to expand and thrive.
"This doesn't regulate the practice," said Jeff Wells, president of the Indiana Conservation Officer Organization. "It deregulates the practice."
Wells was in charge of a team of state and federal wildlife officers whose investigation led to a conviction in one of the nation's most egregious captive-deer cases.
In 2005, Wells' team testified in federal court that Peru, Ind., hunting preserve owner Russ Bellar had been selling hunts to wealthy clients in pens so small that conservation officers called them "killing pens." Bellar also was accused of using illegal drugs on his deer. Jurors were shown video footage of a hunter shooting one of Bellar's deer that appeared drugged.
But the bill's boosters testified that the new language prohibits such scenarios.
"At this point, we have compromised on every point our opposition ... has made," said hunting preserve owner Rodney Bruce. "We've basically given them everything they've felt like they've needed."
But Wells testified that the preserves' very business model prohibits the animals from have a sporting chance.
"This is not about hunting," Wells said. "As the price of this animal increases, the guarantee increases. I'm not paying you $20,000 for a trophy white-tailed deer and not leave that facility without that white-tailed deer."
The bill sets minimum acreage and fencing height requirements for hunting areas, as well as licensing standards, fees and hunting seasons for preserves. Under the bill that passed the House, no new preserves would be allowed to open. Four are currently in operation, but there were about a dozen prior to 2005.
The newly amended bill also includes a provision that says Indiana taxpayers wouldn't have to pay a preserve owner if state officials kill his or her deer in the event of a disease outbreak.
Such outbreaks can be costly.
In 2009, an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis at three Indiana deer farms and on a hunting preserve cost taxpayers $1.2 million, much of which came from federal reimbursements for slaughtered animals.
Occasionally, states have been forced to pick up the tab for such reimbursements.
The committee's vote sets the stage for a definitive vote in 2015 on whether the controversial practice of high-fence hunting will become officially legal in Indiana.
Last year's bill failed to advance in the full Senate by just one vote.
For nearly a decade, annual legislation that would formally legalize captive deer hunting has failed to advance in the General Assembly.
Many of Indiana's deer breeders sell animals or their semen in the interstate trophy-hunting trade. They say hunting preserves provide a critical "terminal market" for the animals they sell.
But after Bellar pleaded guilty in 2005, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources tried to shut down the state's hunting preserves, saying they were unethical and posed a disease threat to wild deer.
Bruce and other preserve owners sued.
The matter was tied up in court, and the fenced hunting ranches that stayed in business were allowed to sell hunts without oversight from the DNR, whose conservation officers enforce hunting laws.
The Indiana attorney general's office this month challenged an appellate court ruling that found the DNR had overstepped its authority.
The challenge before the Indiana Supreme Court is pending, but it could be withdrawn if the Senate passes HB 1453.
Call Star reporter Ryan Sabalow at (317) 444-6179. Follow him on Twitter: @RyanSabalow.


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Critical Lenses: In-Between the Text
Welcome to Critical Lenses: In-Between the Text. Created in the spring of 2016 for the UMass Dartmouth course Literary Studies and Theory, this site is intended as a space for archiving for our projects, sharing ideas about literary theory, and exploring methods of engaging with literature in secondary education.
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Teaching Identity
April 9, 2016 ~ roderickenglish	~ Leave a comment
Teaching and discussing identity regarding race, nationality, gender, or sexual orientation are always sticky subjects regardless of if you're in the classroom or not. People tend to be timid around the topics that could possibly offend or upset. To me, it's important to think of the word "possibly" from that statement. That leaves the possibility, and I think the more likelihood, that you won't upset or offend if you are tactful with your words. For me in my classroom, I always try to be as honest as possible with these topics. Most of my students are Hispanic or African American and they always have questions and want to talk about race. I know that these topics may also be uncomfortable for people to talk about, but I truly believe just ripping off the Band-aid is important because kids have questions and want answers (I just listened to a This American Life podcast about this – shout out to Katrina).
Concerning the questions of if you can teach identity in literature without discussing politics or social justice, I think it's possible, however, I think it's slightly irresponsible to do so. Thinking about the novels I have taught, or just teaching English in general, the topics in the novels lend themselves to open discussion about life because of the nature of literature. Even when we get a little "off topic", having these discussions give students an education about the world they live in; it would be irresponsible to not talk about these things with them.
Specific novels that come to mind that I teach that deal with race, nationality, and gender identity are The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Giver, and The Book Thief. Race identity stand out particularly in ATDPTI and The Book Thief. For Junior on the Rez, he struggles with his identity as a Spokane Indian who chooses to "abandon" his Indian culture by going to a white school off the reservation in order to better himself by getting a better education and not have to use the same textbooks that he knows for a fact that his own mother used when she was in school. Not only does he feel like an outsider at his new school, Rearden, because he's the only Indian, but he is also alienated on the Rez because all the other Indians look at him as a betrayer. With this novel, this lends to political discussion as well as nationality since we can talk about the politics of both our country and the treatment of Indians by our government, but also the politics of the Indian community as well.
In The Book Thief, we have the main character, Liesel, who is the foster child to a German family during World War II who is hiding a Jewish man in their basement. She befriends all the boys her age on her street, her best friend being, Rudy, a German boy who is obsessed with the American track star, Jesse Owens. Naturally, race, nationality, and politics must be discussed with this novel. This would be a case where not talking about it would be inappropriate, especially since I teach middle school and a lot of context is lost in reading if students don't understand these issues. It is also important since many of my students, even though they live in a city where one whole neighborhood is predominantly Jewish and we have Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana off in our calendar, are confused about the Jewish religion and ethnicity. They don't see why they have been historically discriminated against or how you could even tell who was Jewish or not Jewish. They ask me about this frequently during our Holocaust unit. It's important to bring up these issues and differences so they can make the connections in their own lives – why have black people and Hispanic people been discriminated against? There is no good or legitimate reason, and these ideas need to be discussed in class because one day or another, students sadly will have a brush with discrimination in some way, shape, or form.
I had a tougher time thinking about novels that I teach that discuss gender or sexual orientation, especially at the middle school level. In The Giver, gender is important because everything is so controlled. When Jonas stops taking his magic pills that take away any feelings he would have, he starts to see these differences, but the bigger theme of this novel I think lends itself to discuss nationality and race more than gender because the government of their community is so overbearing. I haven't taught The House on Mango Street, but I think it would be a good read for middle school to discuss gender identity and race identity since Esperanza is a young Hispanic girl who is trying to navigate her way through the world of being Latina and being a Latina girl. I think my students would relate to the culture in this book very well. Other books that came to mind that would work with this lense as well, but for high school, are The Catcher in the Rye or The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Teaching Identity Politics: Guiding students to a genuine sense of awareness
April 8, 2016 ~ jjgallagher73	~ Leave a comment
In order to introduce students to issues relating to identity, I would have them read the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. Many different types of identity are addressed in the novel: class, race, gender, and nationality. Students would be drawn in by the exciting events of the story line, which has the feel of a movie packed with drama, action, and the potential for romance. Esperanza is a dynamic character who must endure many trials in order to discover her true potential in the new life that she and her family choose to live. In Esperanza Rising, Esperanza and her family flee Mexico due to tragedy and hardship brought on by political corruption. Once in America, Esperanza must work hard and be strong for her family, leaving behind a memory of affluence in her home country.
Esperanza Rising is a fiction novel that could be the narrative of many people who immigrate into America, escaping oppression and/or extreme conditions in their country of origin. Yet even with so much freedom here, there are still issues, controversial subjects, and hotly contested topics, many of which do not stay in the home. Instead, we see them everywhere we look, on the news, in court, and during political debates. For example, what a couple, whether they be heterosexual or homosexual, does in their home is nobody's business. Yet, this has been a huge political topic for years, resulting in each state voting whether to allow gay marriage to be legal. The same issue arises regarding abortion. Women should be allowed to choose what is best for their own bodies, but again politics, and even religion, become involved and stifle our feelings of freedom and our rights as citizens of America.
I feel that once you teach students, or anyone, about identity and the politics associated with it, social justice is an eventual step. Let me explain why I feel this way. Identity politics and social justice go hand in hand due to the realization that one does have a great deal of freedom in regards to who one wants to be. With the freedom to be whoever you are, he/she will express him/herself, which leads to self advocacy, as well as a potential to advocate for the rights of others. When an individual or a group feels that his/her rights, or the rights of a group, are not being respected, then social justice will come about. This can happen in many ways, but the key is to be heard.
Although individuals can choose to be apolitical in their own lives, the issues of identity in the public sphere tend to become political. Those who are opposed to the rights that others are trying to hold onto, trying to create, or are trying to make aware to others, the opposed have their own rights. They create their own identity politics, but their mission is one of restriction of freedoms and rights. All citizens in the American society have a right to be heard.
For example, even though I am a white man, I can advocate for the rights of other groups in our society. If I were to teach a unit on identity, with one of the sections focusing on feminism, I would make the point above clear to my students from the onset. I would state that although I am not a woman, I can still teach literature that reflects the views of feminism and advocate for the rights of women. I could select sections of Jane Eyre to build a strong case that Jane as a character is unique, in that she is strong, for a man or woman, and that she chooses an untraditional path for the majority of the novel. Jane is a character that gets into situations that would be difficult for anyone to handle, regardless of gender. It is only at the very end of the novel where Jane takes on a more traditional role in regards to family.
It is possible that my own gender could get in the way of teaching literature that deals with identity, but the best approach is to be aware of the self. I would be sure that I am always conscious of my craft, which includes practices such as mindfulness. By being aware of how one presents material to his/her students, the main points of identity, and why such issues are important, can be carefully laid out and received by one's students. The hope is that it will allow his/her students to become aware of diversity and to be able to genuinely participate in our democratic society.
Teaching Identity: Difficult But Worth It
April 8, 2016 ~ kjanove	~ Leave a comment
Identity politics–defined by Leitch as "a politics of difference firmly based on some fixed or definable feature(s) of identity" (26)–is a topic which comes up naturally in some form or another when reading literature with high schoolers. Not only is identity a ripe topic for adolescents, who are constantly grappling with what they are and are not, but it is also a focus in much of the works we read in high school. In Jane Eyre, for example, as Sandra M. Gilbert would affirm, our protagonist completes a "pilgrimage" to womanhood, ultimately realizing her identity and agency as a woman (Gilbert). Nonetheless, discussion of identity politics–because of the impassioned views it may incite–must be framed and guided with caution.
In my mind, a person's concept of his or her identity makes him or her relate to certain "groups" of people more than others and take up certain political or social causes more fervently than others. I think that A.) one's identity can be comprised of many categories, associations, and experiences and B.) the identifiers which correlate most strongly to either powerfulness or powerlessness in society stand out more in a person's concept of identity. Jane Eyre, for example, seems to be powerless in the first half of the novel because of her status as an underprivileged orphan girl and powerful in the second half of the novel because of her transformation into a fully conscious, self-reliant woman. Therefore, I believe, Jane's personal politics would be based most on the identity categories of class and gender; class and gender correlate respectively to Jane's struggle and triumph.
As the very act of asserting one's identity seems to me to be necessarily political in nature–one is taking a stand for oneself–I think it is difficult to discuss identity as an apolitical topic. Additionally, not all possible categories of identity hold equal political power in a society, so inequalities will naturally be discussed alongside social realities. Consequently, issues of social justice–even calls to action–could arise in a classroom. Although I don't think it is appropriate for teachers to suggest specific political actions or candidates, I do think that is is appropriate to discuss what social justice could look like for different categories of identity.
By both anticipating discord before holding such discussions and giving students some scripted phrases for how to validate others' opinions while respectfully disagreeing with them in non-emotional language, teachers may make such conversations possible in the classroom. I would also consider incorporating a database mini research project into the pre-discussion activities to help students discuss facts as opposed to biases. Before discussing social realities and issues of social justice in Jane Eyre, for example, students could research the economic and political status of women in Victorian era England or the treatment of orphans during that time period. This could help to give the fictional world of Jane Eyre a firm foothold in the gender and socioeconomic realities of its time.
Despite attempted awareness of my own identity politics, I am sure that my own identity as a white, middle-class woman impacts the way I teach feminist theory. I may not be as instinctually aware, for example, of the fragmented nature of the Feminist movement (Leitch 25-26) or of the political advantage I might have in being relatively "mainstream" (25-26). Also, as a woman who already identifies as feminist, I tend to easily get on board with the theories of many feminists, so I have to work to read such works with a critical eye. Fortunately, though, I think that I am open to switching lenses as need be, so I don't feel locked into any one way of reading.
Although aspects of my identity can sometimes be mental roadblocks for my enjoyment of certain canonical works of literature, I would say that literary theory enables me to access and think critically about most of what I read. Being, as Judith Fetterley terms it, a "resisting reader" (qtd. In Leitch 25), I don't need to feel oppressed as a reader and I can continue to be me, even if I am not clearly reflected as an agent of power in the text. Just as Jane Eyre journeyed to find her place in the world, readers can peer through the lenses of others' identities to strengthen their own.
Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. 1847. Rpt. in Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism: Jane Eyre. 2nd ed. Ed. Beth Newman. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. Print. 21-437.
Gilbert, Sandra M. "Plain Jane's Progress." 1977. Rpt. in Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism: Jane Eyre. 2nd ed. Ed. Beth Newman. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015. Print. 560-586.
Leitch, Vincent B., William E. Cain, Laurie Finke, Barbara Johnson, John McGowan, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, and Jeffrey J. Williams, eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. Print.
Teaching Identity Through Literature
April 8, 2016 ~ amycrista	~ Leave a comment
Teaching about identity politics is a difficult task for any teacher and very difficult when this discussion is with 8th graders in a predominately white (96.6%) upper middle class (average household income is $73, 053) community. Almost all of my students are similar in race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and culture and are similar to me as their teacher in these aspects. My students also enjoy the same music, sports teams, movies, television shows, clothes, and literature. If you were to observe my students you would notice the boys all wear $300 sneakers with jeans and hoodies and the girls wear Uggs and leggings and Vera Bradley backpacks, it is difficult to distinguish one student from the other.
However, like with all social groups there are small pockets of social groups that are being oppressed with in it and it is important to help them find their identity which we can do through literature. Also important is to open the majorities' eyes to the fact that there are other people in the world that don't feel, look and act as they do. I always explain in the beginning of the school year that I have spina bifida and personally always had a difficult time with identity because of it. I have never really identified as having a disability or with others that have disabilities (when I went to a spina bifida support group once I felt bad for ever feeling sorry for myself and never went back) I also have a difficult time identifying with my peers who have never struggled with physical adversities. I have also always looked different having to wear leg and back braces, walking with a limp I remember in middle school reading Judy Blume's Deenie about a girl diagnosed with scoliosis (that I also have because many with spina bifida do) and for the first time not feeling so alone. Being in the minority in a social group is difficult, finding one's identity is also, and trying to do so in the face of adversity is often impossible.
In the last two years I have seen the impossible happen with the acceptance of gay and transgender students in the classroom. This happens when the majority has been influenced by the beliefs, opinions, and views of a minority and in this situation the only way to do so is by raising consciousness. Raising consciousness in this situation is simply by students being comfortable enough in their environment and supported both at home and at school to be their authentic selves. In order to achieve this we need to ensure a safe, open, understanding, accepting, supportive, respectful, learning environment for all students.
At the middle school level one way to teach is this through literature. I have done this in my own classroom through reading the book The Misfits by James Howe. This novel revolves around a group of friends, one that is gay, which opens up a conversation in the classroom that does not often get discussed. This is the link to the book description and discussion questions. https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/simonschuster/Misfits_TG.pdf
One resource that is particularly helpful when teaching this book and identity politics is http://www.GLSEN.org, the web site of GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) which has a "Create Your Own School Climate Survey" as well as state and school district anti- bullying laws, educator resources such as GLSEN programs and lesson plans by grade.
In class we discuss how to create a safe school environment for LGBT students, this is a great resource for support.
http://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/glsen_familiav2014.pdf
My school has not done much as a whole other than create "Safe Zone" posters for any teacher who wants to put one in their room to nonverbally communicate to LGBT students that they are a safe person to talk to if they need to. However, the students within the classroom have been more accepting now than years passed. I believe there has been a shift and students are more aware that there are teens that are gay or that identify as a different gender than they were born as. Even five years ago this was not the case, it would have still been very difficult for a student to identify as gay or transgender in their social group.
After doing some research it is a little disheartening how little my school does for LGBT students compared to other middle schools. I know at the high school level there is more support offered, at the middle school level it is really not discussed at all. This must be difficult and isolating for students who already feel so much in the minority. Hopefully by incorporating other strategies students may feel more connected. For example, other ways to teach identity politics could be keeping a variety of literature in the classroom library. My favorites are Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg, Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt, Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Arin Andrews, Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition by Katie Rain Hill, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock.
There is also a lesson on http://www.GLSEN.org that I love titled Using Literature As a Tool to End Name Calling which uses Bibliotherapy, or "the guided use of books to help solve problems". The lesson's objective is "to introduce students to literature that provides realistic and thought-provoking depictions of name-calling and bullying, to increase students' identification with targets of bullying, and to develop their sense of empathy toward others, and to help students identify safe and empowering ways to cope with and respond to name-calling and bullying in their lives". This lesson can be used with a number of pieces of literature, I use it with The Misfits but the lesson online uses it with Judy Blume's Blubber. However, this could be used at the high school level when reading about racism and/or feminism as well. Although racism, feminism, sexual orientation, and gender identity can all me uncomfortable and controversial topics (especially to teach in the middle school level) they are important when teaching identity through literature.
Identity Politics in the Classroom
April 7, 2016 ~ ealves3896	~ Leave a comment
Introducing and teaching complex, and sometimes controversial, issues relating to race, gender, sexual orientation, and nationality can be a difficult task for a teacher. The politics of the classroom don't always allow for a feasible approach to such topics. With that in mind, I strongly believe, as teachers, it is our responsibility to not only educate students but also foster their growth as individuals and develop caring, open-minded members of society. Finding creative ways to incorporate issues of identity, such as through literary criticism, can provide students with a different perspective on identity. It will also provide opportunities to discover identity issues that exist, relate to characters that may struggle with these identities, and also develop and understanding and open-mindedness. Through introducing identity issues, students are given the opportunity to develop an understanding of social justice, which is very important to teach in a society that still consists of racism, discrimination, and a distorted view of what it considers different.
Despite society's constant changing of norms and opinions, politics still exist in every aspect of our lives. Identity, just like everything else can be very political. Discussing issues involving identity such as race, gender, and sexual orientation can be politically driven and can often be influenced by the views of teachers and schools. I teach at a school that over the past few years enrolled several transgender students. The transition was difficult in the beginning but the school community took an approach that promotes equal rights for all students and establishes a caring and accepting environment where students are treated equally despite their gender preference. At first it was difficult for some students to accept but through the establishing of clubs like Gay Straight Alliance and teaching principles of social justice, transgender students are viewed as students rather than by their gender preference. I think it's crucial to be able to separate our own personal beliefs, opinions, and gender preferences in order to provide students with an unbiased perspective on literature and issues of identity. This is a difficult challenge that is easier to accept when we personally agree with the philosophy of what we are teaching. For example, I would find it easier to teach feminist literary criticism compared to psychoanalytical criticism. As a professional though, It is my job to provide students with an unbiased perspective on both perspectives and allow them to understand that they are both lenses we can use to analyze literature and let them construct their own opinions on which we prefer.
I strongly believe that the culture of a school plays a major role in fostering open-mindedness and acceptance when discussing various issues relating to identity. Given my school has already established a culture that allows for discussion of issues of identity, I feel comfortable using literature to introduce and discuss issues relating to identity. Feminist literary criticism, for example, would allow me to teach my students to read texts through a lens that allows for understanding of the philosophy and perspectives of feminism in the literature we read. Feminist criticism allows for the understanding that the relationship between men and women in society is often unequal. Through this perspective we can think critically and analyze various aspects of a text like the gender of the author or reader, portrayal of female characters, and stereotypes of women. Although our society has come a long way, this inequality between women and men still exists. Using texts like Jane Eyre, we can explore literature through a feminist critical lens and grasp an understanding of the inequality that existed in Victorian England. Reading Jane Eyre through a feminist lens allows for understanding of Jane's journey through a society that consisted of many patriarchal obstacles. Jane exists in an oppressive society that undervalues woman and marriage exists as their only path to social mobility. Analyzing the female character in the novel also sheds light to their roles in society. Jane is a governess, which had ambiguous status at the time. Miss Temple, who is described as with the upmost qualities, also knows her role in society and dares not speak up to Mr. Brocklehurst. Adele is a perfect example of society's hand in the construction of a woman. She displays a sense of instilled vanity and what is expected of a woman. Through these aspects and perspective Bronte allows us to take into consideration of the role of women and the inequality that accompanies it.
In teaching my student to analyze texts through a feminist perspective I would incorporate activities like those of Deborah Appleman. In doing so I would teach my students to think about the portrayal of male and female characters in novels, their relationships, and also the attitude of the author. Learning to analyze a text through different perspectives, such as a feminist criticism of Jane Eyre, allows students to think critically and uncover identity issues that exist. Issues relating to identity are very difficult to navigate in a classroom but through literature I believe we can establish an outlet of discovery and understanding.


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The Changing Structure of Immigration to the OECD: What Welfare Effects on Member Countries?
Michał Burzyński
Frédéric Docquier
The skill and origin-mix of immigration to the OECD has evolved over time; especially, the last wave of immigration in the post-crisis period (2010-2015) is different in terms of skill and origin structure from the previous waves.
We explore the welfare implication of this changing structure for native OECD citizens in terms of wages, employment, fiscal (i.e., public spending and taxes) and market size effects (i.e., the increased economies of scale and variety in consumption) brought about by immigration.
We calibrate a general equilibrium model for 20 selected OECD member states.
Results show that the welfare effects of immigration are very heterogeneous across skill groups, countries of destination, and immigration waves; while the last wave of immigration is less skilled and brings about lower benefits overall, the differences across immigration cohorts are small relative to the difference across receiving countries.
We investigate the welfare implications of two pre-crisis immigration waves (1991–2000 and 2001–2010) and of the post-crisis wave (2011–2015) for OECD native citizens. To do so, we develop a general equilibrium model that accounts for the main channels of transmission of immigration shocks – the employment and wage effects, the fiscal effect, and the market size effect – and for the interactions between them. We parameterize our model for 20 selected OECD member states. We find that the three waves induce positive effects on the real income of natives, however the size of these gains varies considerably across countries and across skill groups. In relative terms, the post-crisis wave induces smaller welfare gains compared to the previous ones. This is due to the changing origin mix of immigrants, which translates into lower levels of human capital and smaller fiscal gains. However, differences across cohorts explain a tiny fraction of the highly persistent, cross-country heterogeneity in the economic benefits from immigration.
Keywords : Immigration | Welfare | Crisis | Inequality | General Equilibrium
JEL : c68, f22, j24
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